Headlines in Educational News

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TEC21 Workshop ProgramHeadlines in Educational News2011-2012
Headlines in Educational News Highlights:
  • Front load an article on Edmodo
Core value: Relevancy- as we examine effective teaching practices & educational trends
September
Topic: "21st Century Leaders"
Article: __http://www.edutopia.org/blog/21st-century-leadership-overview-ken-kay__
Video: __http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsan9hjWSPg&feature=player_embedded__
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Question of the Month: What's the one skill you'd like incoming students to have mastered before they come into your classroom and why?
October
Topic: "The Death of Education, and the Dawn of Learning"
Article: __http://12most.com/2011/08/09/12-important-kids-today/__
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tahTKdEUAPk&feature=player_embedded#!
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November
Topic: "Let the Tool Fit the Task"
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Podcast: http://chronicle.com/article/Audio-Should-Colleges/124352/?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en__
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January
Topic: "Laptops 1:1, iPads, and Hand-held Devices Initiatives"
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February
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April
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May
Topic: "Life-long Learning, Networking, & Collaborating"
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Formative AssessmentReflections and Brainstorming

In terms of processes, structure, and content- "What's working?", "What's not?", "Any suggestions...


Topics in Development

Topic: "What’s Your Learning Style?"
Article: __http://www.ldpride.net/learning-style-test-b.html__ an online self-assessment tool
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Question of the Month: (focus on the learner or learning process)


Topic: "Why Grow Professionally?" (Feature TEC21)
Article: Intro with a series of headlines from ASCD e-news highlighting PD __http://tiny.cc/9cika__, __http://tiny.cc/56esr__
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Question of the Month: (focus on the learner or the learning process)


Topic: "Ipads in the Classroom"
Article: ASCD e-news highlighting __http://tiny.cc/8thrd__ have Janet Dobler share her Ipad;
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/117625-california-testing-ipads-as-algebra-textbooks

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Question of the Month: (focus on the learner or the learning process)

Topic: "Digital Citizenship" (internet safety, cyberbulling, or other???)
Article: http://www.focusonlinecommunities.com/blogs/Finding_Home/2011/09/07/texting-lingo-every-parent-needs-to-know
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Question of the Month: Write down one aspect of digital citizenship that you think is important to teach students and why?

Topic: "Changes in Education"
Article: __http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/05/17/6-technologies-that-will-change-education.aspx__
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Question of the Month: (focus on the learner or the learning process)

Resources

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  • YouTube

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Miscellaneous Topics, Articles, Videos, Podcast, and Questions

Topics
Internet Safety
Cyberbulling
IWBs
Handheld devices
Project-based learning




Articles
Effective searching tips...http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/09/cracking-the-code-to-the-best-google-search/
Fearless Explorer...http://digitalis.nwp.org/resource/1769


Videos
(link to a video repository)


Podcasts
(identify a couple of great ones)


“Questions of the Month”

  • Question of the Month: If your school had UNLIMITED education funds, what's the one change you'd make to your school and why?
  • Question of the Month: What's one way social media (Webkinz, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) has impacted your students' lives?
  • Question of the Week: What's the most effective way...that works for you- to do tech on a budget?
  • Question of the Week: What's the most effective way--that has works for you--when learning something how to use a new technology tool? Are you hands on or hands off?